Makkum/the Netherlands – World champions egg throwing Andries Smink and Willem Rienstra from Makkum will represent the Netherlands in the Irish Open, to be held on October 29th in Mohill (county Leitrim). According to their splendid results this year it is to be expected that the Dutch couple will not play an inferior role. Not only Smink and Rienstra captured the World Champions Crown in Swaton, but Smink and his other partner, Chris Kooistra, won the Dutch Open title in Makkum as well. Not suprisingly Andries Smink was crowned King of the Makkumer Merke 2011.

Both gentlemen look forward to participate in Mohill. “Winning the Irish Open would complete a very successful season,” says Andries Smink. “We believe that is not utopia, since we have thrown remarkable distances in recent training sessions. It improves our confidence in a realizing a good result in Ireland.”

At the Irish Open Smink and Rienstra will be supported by their coach Simon Jaspers, acting as the Dutch chief de mission as well. "Our scheme is to depart from Schiphol Amsterdam Airport in the early morning of October 28th in order to arrive in time in Dublin to have sufficient preparation time and to explore the egg throwing arena,” Jaspers stated. The team is expected to return to Makkum on October 30th, around 18:00 hrs.

Jacques Hoogenboom from Makkum and the official representative of the World Egg Throwing Federaton (WETF) in the Netherlands, was appointed international referee for the Irish event. He will supervise the long distance throwing as well as the Russian Egg Roulette competition.

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